VTOE MOHEGON DAILY pUnNXlI""p6RTLAim .5 ATURDAY EVENING MAKCH 2?. : 1907
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. LMfwack yoa mti takl bow NokomU and thhOdrn rttun to th SugmrUcnp toolltiaplromMioushi ad
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: IJttto Bw"npm th kimU J tpffl mort ol tl rwt NokomU wwhed Wm cktn,, but
' w1mb bt 'h nadr to go tack to finith tte (ufUMtiuUng sht dWtd not to tain him along. ; Aa a punishment, and to prrrtnMuaiT
r from getting Into any timber pdachkt M tied him by tbt leg to a atoot ttakt driven into tha ground faiaide the Wigwam. To keep Him
rfrom cr7tng.and howBnahe gave him a Ittle Jar of sweet ttuS to Cck up while she and the children were away at the Sugar-Camp.';
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' . .. ";Th cniwren neipea nonne couect a great oeai a eap wi 07, ana raica up uw si u w u hi vwwu uvwa m -; ,
' " mepie-eyrup. ' After a while, she told them not to add any more, but to-kt it bofl away untfl it was thick enough to turn bito sugar when - j ' '
poured into the little pans addisbeesbe bad brought akmg aa "ugsjKnoulds." ',""v--:X'-?'-'.'1-4.'.'!'
MeanwhDe,sheepUtastripof dean white wood and cut a slit through tlM fUt aMea. This she dipped into the Big Kettle, and
1 ' when the drew It out it was dripping with the thick brown syrup.. ..Then she blew her breath on It to cool it. watching it eery carefully
aOthetiroa. U the Hqirid ran through the sBt to the wood and did not har
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v., I( it remained etretcbad acroee the bole in the strip of wood, like a thin akin, or fUm, and wa easily broken, like candy, when it
T cooled, then Nokomis would know that It waa ready to "sugar oft.": She thorght this a surer test than by pouring ome on the snow, like
' the Paletaee sugar-mekere usually do. When she tried it she found that It waa Just turning into sugar. Then she prepared to clarify.".
or dear H, from dirt and other impurities' euch asblts of bark and, twigs, and aahea and sparks from the fire. The whites of eggs are. .
very good for this, and sometimes baktog-eoda is used, but Nokomis had neither of these. But she hid some "Koo-kooeh Wee-yaua." or -fat
8ak fork, left la the lunch basket, so she threw some of that in Instead. It brought si the impurities to the ton, and, after Nokomis '
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Uttle Orowling Bird bad a big wooden spoon and tried hia band at pouring sugar, while Yellow Hair bald the mould. Aundak,
' the Crow, was busy, as usual, bopping around giving adrice, but he forgot to watch where he put his feeL The first thing HE knew
be bad stepped too a pan of the hot sugar and scorched his footl . OH, BIYI BOW HE DID SQUAWK I (Little Bear would have
.laughed at Aundak THAT time if be bad been there.) x ; - - , -' f . . -..;. J . i---.
;. After a little while th sugar cooled and became barVnough to pack on the sleigh and take home to this Wigwam. This finished
the suger-making. ' 80 they began collecting all the things they bad brought to the camp and loaded them on the sleigh and the toboggan.'?
They had made enough matU-upar to lait them until the next eurar-maltinf time came 'round a whole vear. ' .T't
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. . When everything waa packed and loaded on the sleigh and the toboggan, they started on their homeward Journey, j; Nokomis led , '
; the way, drawing the heavy things on the sleigh, while the children pulled the toboggan which had only the birch-barlrtrought and the '
; lunch basket on It Aundak (that impudent old Crow) pretended he had been working so hard that he was all tired out He really ' -.
, hadn't done ANYTHING but bop around and UIk--and burn hia footbut he wsnted an excuse to get a free ride home on the toboggan. ':
Wow, Yellow HaJr. who waa very tender bearted, worried about Little Bear, left alone all day to the Wlgwani' But Growling
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, , . " They were all pretty tired and ready for their supper when they mched home. But before they could unpack the loeda they heard .
a queer, grunting sound that seemed to come from behind the Wigwam! Then an awful racket began inside the tenta squealing and f: ' .,
scratching and scuffling! Suddenly. Little Bear, like a small black hurricane, burst through the door-flap of the tent and shot outsideV r
He had pulled up the stout stake to the strength of his excitement, and it came bouncing and rattling along after him, scaring him more -,
and more. When be saw that Nokomis was there, be squalled for help, ciytog out that A GlT BIO WIU BEAST HAD TIOED. ; .
TO GET IN AT HIM I Now, there isn't room enough here to tell what k waa that frightened Mukoona, the Little Black Bear, so ter- -
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